The Star Chief was a car built by General Motors Pontiac division between 1954 and 1966. Image File history File links 55starchief2drht. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Between 1954 and 1957, the Star Chief was Pontiac's prestige automobile model; the car was easy identified by its chrome star trim along its sides. When the storyline of I Love Lucy pointed towards a Hollywood setting in the 1954-1955 season, the charecters "drove" (episode #100) to the West Coast in a 1955 Star Chief convertible.

In 1957, the Star Chief line introduced the high performance Star Chief Custom Bonneville as part of its divisional head's push to raise the marque out of the doldrums.

In 1958 the Bonneville was first given its own position in the Pontiac line up as the ultimate Pontiac, and was only available as a two door hardtop and two convertible. While no longer Pontiac's prestige model the Star Chief remained a well appointed line of cars. However in 1959 when the Bonneville gained a full range of body styles, the Star Chief was limited to sedans and hardtops, the Bonneville and the new Catalina lines received the lion share of Pontiac's attention in the marketplace. 1965 Pontiac Bonneville Bonneville has been one of Pontiacs most enduring names, appearing as a high-performance, fuel-injected luxury convertible late in the 1957 model year and lasting until 2005. ... 1964 Pontiac Catalina 2-door hardtop The Pontiac Catalina was part of Pontiacs full-sized automobile line. ...

While no longer the top-line Pontiac, the 1958 Star Chief was well appointed and offered in as two-door and four-door Catalina hardtops, sedan, station wagon models.

In the early 1960s, Star Chief's were nearly identical to Pontiac's price leader Catalina model range, however the Star Chief's engine output was higher. The Star Chief also came standard with interior trim upgrades, and it was built on the longer Bonneville platform. Image File history File links 58starchief4dwagnt. ...

In 1966 the car was rechristened the Star Chief Executive as the first step towards retiring the name, which by the mid-1960s had become dated. In 1967, Pontiac dropped the Star Chief name and renamed the mid-priced line Pontiac Executive.